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027 - Standard Technical Report Number (R)


MARC 21 Bibliographic - full
September 2013

First Indicator Second Indicator
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# - Undefined

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# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
  • $a - Standard technical report number (NR)
  • $q - Qualifying information (R)
  • $z - Canceled/invalid number (R)
  • $6 - Linkage (NR)
  • $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

International Standard Technical Report number (ISRN) or a Standard Technical Report Number (STRN)assigned to a technical report. Assignment of STRNs is coordinated by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), which also maintains an assignment registry.

Formulated according to specification in the standards International Standard Technical Report Number (ISRN), ISO 10444, Standard Technical Report Number Format and Creation, ANSI/NISO Z39.23-1997, or Standard Technical Report Number (STRN), Format and Creation, ANSI Z39.23-1983. The technical report number is usually the primary means of identifying a specific technical report.

Repeatable for multiple ISRNs and STRNs associated with an item.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

INDICATORS

SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Standard technical report number

027 ##$aFOA--89-40265/C--SE
027 ##$aMETPRO/CB/TR--74/216+PR.ENVR.WI
027 ##$aMPC-387

$q - Qualifying information

A brief statement of qualifying information concerning the item associated with a number being recorded in subfield $a or subfield $z.

$z - Canceled/invalid number

Any canceled and/or invalid standard number.

$6 - Linkage

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$8 - Field link and sequence number

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.


INPUT CONVENTIONS

Qualifying Information - In displays, qualifying information may be enclosed in parentheses.

Number Structure - ISRN is formulated according to International Standard Technical Report Number (ISRN), ISO 10444 or Standard Technical Report Number Format and Creation, ANSI/NISO Z39.23-1997. It is composed of three parts: 1) report code of alphanumeric characters that designate the issuing organization and, in some cases, a series; 2) a sequential group of numeric characters assigned by the issuing organization; 3) an optional addition that includes a country code and local suffix provided by the issuing organization. The report code and sequential group are separated by a double hyphen (--). The country code is preceded by a double hyphen (--) and the local suffix by a plus sign (+). Slashes and single hyphens may be used as subdividers within the report code and within the sequential group. These marks are carried in the MARC record.

027 ##$aFYHU/PF/2--80/12+MAGN
027 ##$aWBK-MTT--89/64--DE

STRN number is formulated according to Standard Technical Report Number (STRN), Format and Creation, ANSI Z39.23-1983. It is composed of three parts: 1) a report code of alphanumeric characters that designate the issuing organization and, in some cases, a series; 2) a sequential group of numeric characters assigned by the issuing organization; and 3) an optional local suffix in which the issuing organization may place additional information. The report code and sequential group are separated by a single hyphen (-) and the sequential group and local suffix are separated by an ampersand (&) or a plus sign (+). Slashes may be used as subdividers within the report code and within the sequential group. These marks are carried in the MARC record.

027 ##$aMETPRO/ED/SR-77/035

Punctuation - Field 027 does not end with a mark of punctuation.


CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

$q - Qualifying information [NEW, 2013]

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